Ms. Paik seemed every bit the major talent her advance billing
suggested.
-- The New York Times

HaeSun Paik has performed throughout the world following her
triumphs at major international piano competitions including
a gold medal in the 1989 William Kapell International Competition,
a silver medal in the 1991 Queen Elisabeth International piano
Competition and bronze medal in the 1994 Tchaikovsky Piano Competition
as well as a prize in the 1990 Leeds International Piano Competition.
Ms. Paik has received critical acclaim for her "sublime
musicianship" and "stunning virtuosity." Following
her New York recital debut, The New York Times stated: "in
programming as well as performance, one could hardly have asked
more from a debut recital. Ms. Paik seemed every bit the major
talent her advanced billing suggested." Following her Los
Angeles debut in the Wilshire Ebell Theater critics noted that,
"she was a sensitive and thinking musician first and an
awesome technician second."
Ms. Paik has appeared with leading orchestras including the
Boston Symphony Orchestra, the National Symphony Orchestra,
the London Symphony Orchestra, the Munich Philharmonic, the
Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, the NHK Symphony Orchestra ,the
Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, the KBS Symphony Orchestra, the
Korean Symphony Orchestra, The National Symphony of Belgium,
the city of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, the Warsaw Philharmonic
and the Moscow State Philharmonic Orchestra. In addition to
concerto performances, she has appeared frequently
in recital including New York's Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln
Center, the Kennedy Center in Washington, D. C. ,Bank of Boston
Celebrity Series in Jordan Hall, Boston and also in the concert
halls around the world including cities of Belgium, Germany,
Luxemburg ,Italy ,France ,Switzerland, England, Russia, Rumania,
Argentina, Chile, Japan and Korea.
Recent seasons have included a Performance with France National
Radio Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, ,a concert
tour in Japan with NHK Symphony Orchestra, recital tours in
Korea and on the 100international Pianists series in Japan.

She has continued to appear in music festivals
throughout the United States and abroad including Monadnock
Music Festival, Munich's Beethoven Festivalin Germany, and
Radio France Festival, Monpellier Festival, Courchevel Music
Festival in France.
Her 2004's concert engagements include solo appearances with
Osaka Century Orchestra in Japan, a duo concert tour with
the cellist Mischa Maisky in Korea , recitals in France, South
America, among others.
Ms. Paik exclusively records for EMI Korea since1997 and her
first recording, which has been released internationally by
EMI Debut Series, received critical acclaim.Her third recording
of all Liszt program was released in Nov. 2003.
As a child, HaeSun Paik demonstrated unmistakable musical
talent and began piano lessons
in her native Korea at the age of 4. She is a graduate of
New England Conservatory where she was a student of Russell
Sherman and Wha Kyung Byun. She was also invited by the prestigious
international piano Foundation in Lake Como (Italy), to work
with many distinguished international artists. Currently Ms.
Paik divides her time between the U. S. and Korea where she
teaches at the Seoul National University.

Olivier Gardon

Native of Nice, Olivier Gardon began studying the piano when
he was four years old. Two years later, he gave his first concert,
and the following year, he played in front of Lili Kraus who
was on tour in France at the time. This renowned artist immediately
took an interest in Olivier Gardon and encouraged him to continue
his vocation. At ten years old, he played Bach's Concerto in
D minor at the Opera of Nice, and this first experience of playing
with an orchestra was a decisive event.
Then he entered the "Conservatoire National Superieur de
Musique" in Paris, with Pierre Sancan, and next year unanimously
won First Prize for chamber music in Jean Hubeau's class. He
came first in a competitive master class for piano and trained
for international competitions, working with Pierre Sancan and
guest-Masters such as Geza Anda, Lili Kraus and Georgy Sebok.
He won many international prizes; Grand Prix Marguerite Long
(Paris, 1973), Prix Reine Elisabeth (Brussels, 1975), Prix International
Viotti (Vercelli), Monza, Senigallia, Casella. He also won the
Vocation's Foundation Prize and the De Vries Foundation's Prize.
Olivier Gardon then begins a brilliant career as a soloist.
He performs in most of the musical capitals of the world.: London,
New York, Berlin, Paris, Tokyo, Salzburg, Prague, Warsaw, Bucharest,
Brussels, Naples, Hong-Kong, Seoul, Bangkok, Sydney, Montevideo,
Amsterdam, Turin, Bologna, Johannesburg, Singapore, Delhi¡¦

Olivier Gardon is also the guest of many
musical festivals:Pragues'Spring, Smetana Festival, Bucharest,
Stavelot, Europalia, the 'Fetes Musicales de Touraine', Festivals
of Montpellier, Lille, Aix-en-Musique, Sceaux, Saint-Denis,
Micem Classique, 'Festival de musique de Cimiez'¡¦
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He is Professor at the "Conservatoire Superieur de Paris"
- CNR and at the Franco-Japanese Academy of Kyoto.
He is regularly invited as a teacher for master classes in
many music Academies: Villecroze, Nice, Courchevel, Fez, Flaine,
Taiwan, Japan, Czech Republic, Uruguay, Morocco, Italy¡¦
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He takes part in juries of international competitions : Marguerite
Long, Epinal, Tabor (Czech Republic), Shumen (Bulgaria) and
also in the C.N.S.M. in Paris and Lyon.
Since April 2001, Olivier Gardon is Artistic Director of the
"Academie de Musique" du Mercantour held every spring
in Valdeblore, in the Nice neighborhood.

CLAUDIO
MARTINEZ-MEHNER

Born in Germany in 1970, Claudio Martinez-Mehner began his music
studies at an early age at the ¡°Real Conservatorio Superior
de Madrid¡± with Amparo Fuster, Pedro Lerma and Joaquin Soriano.
In addition to his piano studies, he participated in the Spanish
National Youth Orchestra as a violist and in the Chamber Orchestra
of the German School as a violinist, violist and harpsichord
player.

Claudio Martinez-Mehner continued his studies at the ¡°Tchaikovsky-Conservatory¡±
in Moscow, the ¡°Escuela Superior de Musica Reina Sofia¡± in Madrid,
the ¡°Hochschule fur Musik¡± in Freiburg, the ¡°Fondazione per
il Pianoforte¡± in Como, Italy; and the ¡°Peabody Conservatory¡±
in Baltimore, US. His main professors were Dmitri Bashkirov,
Vitalij Margulis and Leon Fleisher. He participated in masterclasses
given by Murray Perahia, Fou Ts¡¯ong, Alexis Weissenberg, Karl-Ulrich
Schnabel, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, and Mstislav Rostropovich,
among many others.

At the ages of 13 and 15 Claudio Martinez-Mehner won first prizes
with special mention in the German competition ¡°Bundeswettbewerb
Jugend musiziert¡±. He was a finalist in the International Piano
Competition ¡°Paloma O¡¯Shea¡± in Santander (1990), Spain, and
won first prizes in the international competitions ¡°Pilar Bayona¡±
in Zaragoza, Spain (1992), ¡°Fondation Chimay¡± in Belgium (1993),
and ¡°Dino Ciani¡± in Milano, Italy (1993).

As a soloist he performed in all the major cities in Europe,
United States, Russia, Central America and Japan, with orchestras
such as the Munich Philharmonic, the Moscow Philharmonic, Filarmonica
of the Teatro Alla Scala, the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, the
Prague Philharmonic, Italian Swiss Radio Orchestra, Norddeutsche
Rundfunk, Filarmonia Hungarica and most of the major Spanish
orchestras. Claudio Martinez-Mehner is an avid chamber music
player and has performed with many ensembles in Europe, the
U.S.A and Japan.

During a seven-year long rest due to an injury, he became interested
in conducting, attending masterclasses with Robert Spano, Seiji
Ozawa and Bernard Haitink. He has been invited as a conductor
with the ¡°Orquesta Filarmonica de Santo Domingo¡± and has lead
several ensembles of contemporary music. In 1998 he was Associate
Music Coordinator and Assistant Conductor of the Spoleto Festival
in Italy. During this time he also collaborated with the Brooklyn
Philharmonic Orchestra on various projects. From 1999 ? 2003
he was Artistic Director of the Lucena Summer School and International
Piano Festival.

Currently he is assistant piano teacher to Prof. Dmitri Bashkirov
at the ¡°Escuela Superior de Musica Reina Sofia¡±. In addition,
he holds a piano teaching position at the ¡°Conservatorio Superior
de Musica¡± in Salamanca, Spain. He teaches masterclasses throughout
Spain and since 2002 has been performing as a soloist and chamber
music player again.